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Dell gets sexy with desktop Studio XPS 435
DELL IS HOPING TO delight British punters with its latest UK release, the desktop Studio XPS 435, which by all accounts is not just pretty, but pretty powerful to boot.
Taking yet another leaf out of Apple's tree, Dell's latest offering is anything but the reasonably priced, boring but reliable piece of kit consumers have learned to associate with the computer maker. At a starting price of £1,699, including VAT, the XPS 435 is an expensive, but tricked out and souped up bit of computery, with more features the more cash you splash out for it.
First and foremost, the desktop beast sports a 2.9GHz Intel Core i7 processor and can support a whopping 24GB of tri-channel (DDR3) RAM (although entry level price comes with just 6GB).
The sexy looking machine, with its white, patent black and tangy orange chassis also boasts three angled USB ports, 15-in-1 card reader and a built-in infrared receiver with an added option to upgrade the 16x DVD burner to Blu-ray for between £80 and £170 more.
The computer maker also offers its newest beast with a 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card coupled with a 512MB Radeon 4850.
But bear in mind, the more bells and whistles you add, the more money you'll end up spending, with ye average build costing approx £2800 - hardly pocket change. Still, if you're a hard core gamer, enthusiast or just like your 'puters powerful, the XPS 435 is worth a long hard look.
Some might even go as far as calling it their dream machine. µ
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I think the sexiest is still the HP firebird with water cooling or the Acer Predator. Those seem to worth the price tag if we base ourselves on design alone.
The Dell is more or less "meh" .. looks like normal vostro pcs with a mac touch of silver.
lol, when i read about dell building gaming systems, at ridiculuous prices(mind my grammer), i always think why r they putting it on a dell, shouldn't they be working more on alienware?, seeing as alienware is, well... was specialised for gaming, since dell has bought them, i have noticed dell trying to influence ppl to buy their xps range for true gaming, yet AW has just been left to fend for itself. dell is good for companies, as they have soo much build power that it can make millions at a time (an exagerated guess) thus business can buy in bulk. but for gaming, its a diff story, as more time needs to be taken into account and what not. i dont think dell should make expensive gaming systems instead i think they should use their money to advertise alienware for their gaming machines, now it just seems dell is trying to compete with itself... oh well.
Why is the INQ posting SHIT "news" like this?
I miss the days of proper INQ journalism. Bring Theo and NN back.
"Still, if you're a hard core gamer, enthusiast or just like your ‘puters powerful..."
If you're any of that you probably already know how to build your own. For pound 2800 I could get a couple GTX295's, an i7 920 (AND be able to overclock it to 4.2GHz), and Intel SSD, and a lot, lot more.
Making products out of flimsy glossy black plastic is more the domain of Samsung I reckon. Cheap crap that flexes at the slightest touch and inaccurately molded. Apple is more about crappy white/clear glossy plastics; at least it was until it made a big move towards using loads of aluminum.
One thing keeps coming to me .... why would anyone spend £2800 on a DELL? I could build a workstation with that money?
Who buys this crap? for that mulah I'd want 2 ATI's or 5 and to be dual-socket. Or I could always but a Mac for that and run windows!!! har har!